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BI expected to keep key rate at 6.75 pct

Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) is expected to keep its key interest rate at 6.75 percent this month despite a ...

Indonesia needs to increase food production

Indonesia should increase food production in a bid to maintain its food security. Food security can be defined ...

Vice President : RI must maintain food security

Vice President Boediono has said Indonesia should maintain its food security and therefore it was absolutely necessary ...

Minister calls on regional govts to preserve paddy fields

Agriculture Minister Suswono called on all regional leaders to keep productive rice fields in their respective regions ...

BI predicts q2 payments balance to record surplus

Bank Indonesia (BI) has predicted that the second-quarter balance of payments will still record a surplus that will ...

RI, Vietnam agree to enhance ASEAN food security

Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said Indonesia and Vietnam have agreed to increase the production of staple food ...

Asean seeking food security amid surge in global prices

The current global food and energy price hikes have concerned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as this year`s ASEAN ...

RI sees deflation of 0.31% in April

Indonesia saw a deflation rate of 0.31 percent in April due to a drop in the prices of staple foods, the Central ...

Rice import to stop if production rises

Indonesia will stop rice imports if it is able to increase production by seven percent in 2011, chief of the National ...

RI trying to be world`s main food estate: minister

Indonesia is trying to become the world`s main food estate in the next five to 10 years, a minister said. "If we ...

January industrial product exports up 38.7 pct

Indonesia`s industrial product exports, free on board (FOB), in January 2011 reached US$9,287.3 million, up 38.7 ...

Government to focus on disadvantaged regions economic growth

In an effort to step up the pace of economic development in disadvantaged regions, the government will intensify ...

Thailand, RI to cooperate in agricultural business

A number of Thai envoys invited private businessmen in East Java for cooperation in agricultural business aimed at ...

US NGO defends RI palm oil industry

An American non-governmental organization (NGO) has come out in defense of Indonesia`s palm oil industry, saying it ...

New Report - The Economic Benefits of Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

- How Indonesian Palm Oil Contributes to Economic Growth and Food Security in Indonesia and the ...